| Workshop
on Data Modeling |
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The
workshop on Data
modeling is based
on classroom
lessons
about distribution.
We recommend
you
to take a look
at
the classroom
lessons
to enhance understanding
of the contents
of the workshop.
Please click
here to move to the
distribution
unit.
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| Day
1 [June 6, Monday] |
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Click
to download Program / Presentation |
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Measuring
the height
of the Rose
Park flagpole
Go
to the related
classroom
lesson:
Measuring
the height
of the flagpole
- Rationale
for measure
(Tie to
history
of statistics)
- Right
Triangle
model
- Measurements
by participants
(Supplemented
by measurements
obtained
from
students)
1.
With
altitrak
and
paces
2.
With
altitrak
and
tape
3.
With
tape
and
inclinometer
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Introduction
to Statistics
Go
to the related
classroom
lesson:
Tinkerplots / Inventing
Measures
- Introducing
Tinkerplots as a tool
for displaying
the measurements
of the
students
- both
paces
and tape
+ altitrak
- Task
1: Invent
a measure
of the
best
guess of
the height
of the
flagpole
using Tinkerplots
for paces
and for
tape.
- Group
reflection
regarding
best
guess
- Task
2: Invent
a measure
of the
precision
of the
measurements,
again
using
Tinkerplots.
- Group
reflection
regarding
precision:
What
might
precision
mean?
Does
the
measure
reflect
the
visual
differences
between
the
spread
of
the
two
distributions?
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| Day
2 [June 7, Tuesday] |
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Field
work
at Warner
Park
Three
contexts:
- Diversity
of
a
section
of
forest.
Who
lives
there?
Emphasis
on
process
of
creating
data.
How
data
creation
informs
the
conception
of
"diversity."
How
creating
a
measure
of
diversity
informs
one's
conception
of
diversity
(and
vice
versa).
- Comparing
diversity
of
three
sections
of
forest:
edge,
"right",
"left"
(invasive
species
in
left).
- Natural
variation:
Variation
among
individuals
of
the
same
species.
Is
there
any
structure
to
the
differences?
(shades
of
the
flagpole)
Click
here to download
a more
detailed
account
of the
activity.
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| Day
3 [June 8, Wednesday] |
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Tinkerplots
workup
of natural
variation
data
- Group
reflection:
What
have
we
learned?
Why
might
we
see
these
patterns?
- Rockets
red
glare:
Which
will
go
higher?
Multiple
measures
and
multiple
trials
of
the
rockets
with
rounded
and
pointed
nose
cones
Download
Tinkerplots
data
files
collected
from
the field
work:
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| Day
4 [June 9, Thursday] |
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Field
work at
Warner
Park
Context:
deposition
and covariation
in a
section
of the
river.
Measures
of flow
rate,
types
of deposition,
transects
of the
river,
a look
at who
lives
where.
Click here to
download
a more
detailed
account
of the
activity.
Download
Tinkerplots
data files
collected
from the
field
work:
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| Day
5 [June 10, Friday] |
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Scientists
at work:
How scientists
measured
and displayed
diversity
with
links
to our
work
and to
that
of students
in the
L & S
volume.
- Whole
group
reflection
regarding:
- Rocket
data
and
the
basis
of
inference
- Field
work
data,
especially
individual
variation
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